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Will the active substances of hallucinogenic mushrooms help treat anorexia? Latest research

Research into the potential of natural substances for treating mental disorders is growing steadily. The need to create new therapies is prompting the scientific world to search for effective substances also in the world of plants, until recently used only in folk medicine.

Aug. 21, 2024
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Minister of science and higher education assures: faculties without positive opinion of PKA will not conduct recruitments

It took as long as nine months to wait for a meeting between representatives of the OZZL Residents' Agreement and Minister of Science and Higher Education Dariusz Wieczorek.

Aug. 21, 2024
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AOTMiT: Big changes in the chemotherapy catalog?

The next meeting of the Transparency Council will be held on Monday, August 26.

Aug. 20, 2024
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Nowe świadczenia w zakresie opieki psychiatrycznej i leczenia uzależnień

Do konsultacji przekazano Projekt Rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia zmieniającego rozporządzenie w sprawie świadczeń gwarantowanych z zakresu opieki psychiatrycznej i leczenia uzależnień.

Aug. 20, 2024
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Silesian Medical University: first dental procedures using augmented reality

An interdisciplinary team of SUM specialists led by Prof. Malgorzata Skucha-Nowak, head of the Department of Dental Propedeutics and associate dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, carried out dental procedures using an "Augmented Reality" (AR) system - CarnaLife Holo, developed by...

Aug. 20, 2024
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Alcohol and bravado. The result - drownings

Up to 12 drownings occurred in Poland during the recent long weekend (August 15-18), according to police data. In August alone, 33 people have already drowned, and a total of 168 since the beginning of June. On what most often leads to misfortune and how to safely rescue a drowning person, we...

Aug. 19, 2024
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Ticks still active. The number of Lyme disease and STD patients is increasing.

The number of ticks is increasing, which translates into more people suffering from Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis - diseases carried by these arachnids. It is the middle of the season when ticks attack the most. Doctors warn and advise caution.

Aug. 19, 2024
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Summer wave of COVID in Poland. The number of infections is increasing

More than 1,100 confirmed COVID-19 infections were recorded in Poland last Saturday. A week earlier the number was more than 700, and on August 2 it was more than 460. Doctors have no doubt that we are dealing with a summer wave of COVID-19 - This is not surprising. Already in June we predicted...

Aug. 19, 2024
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NIK reveals irregularities in confirmation of spa status

An audit by the Supreme Audit Office found serious irregularities in the process of confirming spa status. Polluted air, which could negatively affect the health of visitors, was downplayed, leading to the confirmation of unqualified spa status.

Aug. 19, 2024
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Change in guaranteed benefits

A Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on guaranteed services in the field of hospital treatment has been submitted for consultation.

Aug. 19, 2024
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Cancer in a child. Not everyone is ready for the truth

- Finding out that a child has cancer is the worst situation in a person's life that can happen to him. There is no single formula for how to convey such information. I've been working for more than 20 years, and I always thought it was better to tell the truth. Now I think it's not. Not everyone...

Aug. 16, 2024
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Gender Games. Can verdicts be made without knowing the medical facts?

The case of two female fist fighters, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan and Imane Khelif of Algeria, competing in the women's events at the Paris Olympics, has heated up the discussion about their gender. There have been harsh comments, memes and made-up facts of life. Meanwhile, the issue of physical gender...

Aug. 16, 2024
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EU oncobus passed through Poland

Five cities, the support of dozens of experts and volunteers, and nearly 14,500 people who visited the prepared stops - this is the balance of the just-completed campaign organized by the European Commission as part of Mission Cancer. Its goal was to spread knowledge about cancer and oncology...

Aug. 16, 2024
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AOTMiT: On the Transparency Council guaranteed benefit, drug program and health policy program

On Monday, August 19, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

Aug. 14, 2024
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Polish paradox: Health expenditures increase and decrease at the same time

Outlays on health care will amount to a minimum of PLN 225.2 billion in 2025, or PLN 16.6 billion more than the current year's spending plan, according to the latest edition of the Health Care Financing Monitor, which was presented Wednesday by the Federation of Polish Enterprises.

Aug. 14, 2024
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The government has adopted a Plan for Rare Diseases [EXPERT COMMENTS].

"This is long-awaited news" is what experts interviewed by Medexpress say about the government's adoption of the Rare Disease Plan yesterday. We collected comments from clinicians and representatives of the patient side.

Aug. 14, 2024
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Draft regulation on healthcare quality indicators with another negative review

The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has issued an opinion on the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on health care quality indicators. After a thorough analysis of the presented document, the Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council strongly negatively assessed its content,...

Aug. 14, 2024
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Doctors outraged by statements by ruling coalition politicians. They appeal to the Prime Minister

The medical association expresses indignation and disappointment in the face of successive public statements by representatives of the ruling coalition, which not only violate the dignity of the medical profession, but are also intended to antagonize doctors and patients. Recently, there have...

Aug. 14, 2024
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There is a new health minister plenipotentiary for cybersecurity

An order dated August 13, 2024, amending the order on the establishment of the Minister of Health's Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity, was published in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of Health.

Aug. 14, 2024
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HPV vaccination program will be expanded. GIS: This will not be an improvisation

Starting September 1, 2024, the free HPV vaccination program will be extended to children from age 9 to age 14, the Health Ministry says. - We should include this vaccination as early as possible," Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski, Chief Sanitary Inspector, stressed in an interview with Medexpress.

Aug. 14, 2024
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The government has adopted a new Plan for Rare Diseases for 2024-2025. what assumptions?

The plan has been adopted, but will it be implemented?

Aug. 14, 2024